Where those associated with Western films from around the world are laid to rest.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

RIP Cal Bellini

Cal Bellini a former actor, originally from Singapore
died on April 9, 2017 in California. Born Khalid Ibrahim in Singapore on June 6,
1935, he was cast in roles of mostly foreigners, Native Americans, or ethnic
minorities, primarily on American television between 1960 and 1986.

Using the stage name Cal Bellini his first role was as
the physician Motilal Mookerji in the 1960 CBS summer series, ‘Diagnosis:
Unknown’, a nine-episode program starring Patrick O'Neal as a crime-solving
pathologist at a large hospital. During the 1960s, he made a few appearances on
such series as ‘Flipper’, ‘Coronet Blue’, and ‘Dan August’, starring Burt
Reynolds.

In 1971, he appeared as Lt. Fernando Mercado in the
episode "Escape" of Raymond Burr's second series, ‘Ironside’ on NBC.
From 1970-1972, he appeared in different roles in three episodes of ABC's ‘The
Mod Squad’ police drama. Other roles followed on ‘The F.B.I.’ ‘Marcus Welby,
M.D.’, ‘Barnaby Jones’, ‘Hawaii Five-O’, ‘The Streets of San Francisco’, ‘Cannon’,
‘Little House on the Prairie’, ‘The Rockford Files’, and ‘Kung Fu’. On ‘Young
Dan'l Boone’, a four-episode CBS series in 1977, Bellini played an Indian
called Red Eagle.

He played Run Run Li in the 1982 episode "The
Warlord" of the Bruce Boxleitner adventure series ‘Bring 'Em Back Alive’,
loosely based on the career of professional hunter Frank Buck. Bellini's last
small screen appearance was as Tommy Lemanna in the 1986 episode “The Frankie
Kahana Show”; of the NBC detective series, ‘Riptide.’

2 comments:

I met cal after the movie and film thing was over. He lived in lake Elsinore ca. Him and o hung out for a couple of years. Very nice man. We made trips to la to check on his property. He always had s great story when we talked. O didnt know he was I'll I will miss him Rest in peace my friend.

About Me

Born in Toledo, Ohio in 1946 I have a BA degree in American History from Cal St. Northridge. I've been researching the American West and western films since the early 1980s and visiting filming sites in Spain and the U.S.A. Elected a member of the Spaghetti Western Hall of Fame 2010.